Biography

1924

Born in Kiel, Germany

Until 1941

Apprenticeship as decorative painter

1942 - 1945

Soldier

1948 - 1949

Attended a private art school in Plön, Holstein, Germany

1950 - 1958

Studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf as student of Bruno Goller and Ewald Mataré

1956

Master-class student in the sculpture class of Ewald Mataré and involvement as coworker for Mataré’s works at Cologne Cathedral

Since 1958

Work as freelance artist in Dusseldorf

Since 1962

Haese discovers the mechanical components of watches and clocks as well as other metallic materials as subject and construction elements of his art

1964

Participates at documenta III

1966

David E. Bright-Foundation Award, Venice Biennale

1967

Cornelius Prize from the city of Düsseldorf

Prize from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York

1969

Participates X. Sao Paulo Biennale, Brazil

1978

Art Price of the German federal state Schleswig-Holstein

1980

Visitor Prize of the Triennale Fellbach, Germany

1981

Received the Award “Kunstpreis der Künstler”, Düsseldorf

1994

Honorary professor of the German federal State Schlesweig-Holstein

1997

Member of the “Freie Akademie der Künste”, Hamburg

2002

Art Prize of the „Schleswig-Holsteinischen Wirtschaft“

2013

Visitor Prize of the Triennale Fellbach, Germany

2016

Günter Haese dies on the 30th of November nearby Hannover